Bebearia nivaria, the bicolour forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Bebearia nivaria
Male – Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bebearia
Species:
B. nivaria
Binomial name
Bebearia nivaria
(Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euryphene nivaria Ward, 1871
  • Bebearia (Bebearia) nivaria
  • Euryphene suffumigata Holland, 1893

Subspecies

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  • Bebearia nivaria nivaria (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bebearia nivaria tenuimacula Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, north Kivu, Equateur and Sankuru)
 
Bebearia nivaria in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana

References

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  1. ^ "Bebearia Hemming, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini